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yamahadude · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:39 pm Post subject: Ragtime

Anyone like Ragtime? It's got some very distinct differences from later jazz and I love it. Why is it not played so much anymore?

david johnson · High C Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 76 Location: arkansas

i enjoy it. if one plays pure ragtime, rather than attempting to 'jazz it up' (thus making it a dixieland product) it sounds like a march, a waltz, or even bach.
i believe it to be a bit classy to appeal to today's pop-culture ears.
i think american orchestras should offer some ragtime during each season. it's american music 'invented' right down in texarkana.
there is a trumpet duet book of joplin rags...forgot the name, but i have it at the office. i acquired it in the '70s.

dj